History of Programming Languages, Volume 2 cover
History of Programming Languages, Volume 2
by Thomas J. Bergin, Richard G. Gibson
ISBN: 0201895021
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tpmx · 2020-10-03 · Original thread
I bought this from Amazon UK like 22 years ago. (Should have bought Amazon stock instead ..)

https://www.amazon.com/History-Programming-Languages-Thomas-...

It's one those books I return to, every few years. Recommended. Maybe the papers are available online somewhere by now?

johansch · 2015-07-25 · Original thread
The book with papers from the second conference (in the 90s) is quite good:

http://www.amazon.com/History-Programming-Languages-Thomas-B...